Investigation of the Response of a Parachute to Wind Shear

This project is part of a greater research effort by the T*AFSM on
Airdrop Systems. Our research on airdrop systems involves extensive
collaborations with US Army Natick Soldier Center
and NASA Johnson Space Center. The T*AFSM is working on developing methods and tools needed to simulate the effect of wind profiles on a
parachute. CDT Rapp worked on parallel computation of
the effect of wind shear on fully inflated and noninflated parachutes.

P1 = Magnitude of Wind Gust
P2 = Gradient of Shear Layer

Vectors show direction and magnitude of flow around a fully
inflated parachute.